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Re: .Xdefaults and .Xresources ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barrie Spence)
Sun Oct 20 11:01:46 1996
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 15:57:41 +0100
From: Barrie Spence <barrie@calvin.demon.co.uk>
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CC: maillard@vt.edu
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Julien Maillard wrote:
>
> > I find it much cleaner to use and separate each
> > applocation's resources into individual files. Using .Xdefaults, I feel
>
> if I set
> export XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=$HOME/.X11-app-defaults
You will need (at least)
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=${HOME}/.X11-app-defaults/%N
This is the simplest setup that ignores all the fancy stuff to do with
language/locale and customization.
> will this overwrites the default location under X11/lib, or will X apps still read their defaults there, and then in $HOME/.X11-app-defaults. The X man page wasn't clear (to me...) on this.
> Thanks.
The files are read in order of precedence - system, then user. I'd
suggest that you avoid messing with XFILESEARCHPATH. You shouldn't have
to use the obsolete XAPPLRESDIR with linux since all Linux applications
should be X11R5/X11R6 based.
As you move to using individual resource files, remember to remove the
values from your .Xdefaults file.
This is fully described in the comp.windows.x FAQ.
Barrie
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